Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

From Grenville Kleiser's 1917 book, via "We should scrutinize them closely and endeavor to grasp their innermost meaning."

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4563. "trivial and ridiculous"

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1078. "futile babble"

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14516. "admirable mastery of technique"

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1138. "grasping credulity"

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7055. "in thanking you for the patronage with which you have favored us"

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4221. "presence and address"

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7851. "he treads the primrose path of dalliance"

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10357. "I don't know when I have heard anything so lamentable"

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10300. "I am very far from being a fanatic"

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8679. "untouched by the ruthless spirit of improvement"

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10736. "perhaps I am indiscreet"

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655. "detestable purpose"

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11613. "I always delight to think"

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3007. "winding pilgrimage"

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8959. "calm like a mountain brooding o'er the sea"

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976. "festive illuminations"

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6021. "eccentricity of judgment"

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12160. "I have seen some signs of encouragement"

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8733. "a fatigued, faded, lusterless air, as of a caged creature"

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11654. "I am greatly alarmed"